alexandria

Details

Name: alexandria	Version: 0.6.1-8mdv2008.0 (noarch)
Size: 1 MiB	Build date: Sun Sep 02 18:59:45 CEST 2007
Category: Databases	License: GPL
Homepage: http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/
Summary: GNOME application to help you manage your book collection

Description

Alexandria is a GNOME application to help you manage your book collection.

Alexandria:

• retrieves and displays book information (including cover pictures)

from several online libraries, such as Amazon, Proxis, Barnes and Noble, and the Spanish Ministry of Culture ;

• allows books to be added and updated by hand ;
• enables searches either by EAN/ISBN, title, authors or keyword ;
• saves data using the YAML format ;
• can import and export data into ONIX, Tellico and EAN/ISBN-list

formats ;

• generates from your libraries XHTML web pages themable with CSS ;
• allows marking your books as loaned, each with the loan-date and the

name of the person who has borrowed them ;

• features a HIG-compliant user interface ;
• shows books in different views (standard list or icons list), that

can be either filtered or sorted ;

• handles book rating and notes ;
• supports CueCat (R) barcode readers ;
• includes translations for several languages.

Run "urpmi alexandria", or click here to download the package itself.